Science Journalism in Trouble; Contact Me, We Can Save It
For a long time, I have been pushing the idea that science journalism would be the perfect place to try out Representative Journalism. For example, see the video below which I did about a year ago with Anton Zuiker from North Carolina, home of the Research Triangle Park. Now not surprisingly to anyone following the overall trends, the situation for science reporting is getting critical. Here is an example reported yesterday:
Four of the world’s largest science and environmental journalism groups issued their first-ever joint statement today in a letter sent to CNN protesting the network’s decision to cut its entire science team this month. The presidents of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the National Association of Science Writers, the Society of Environmental Journalists, and the World Federation of Science Journalists signed the letter, which was addressed to CNN’s Jim Walton and Jon Klein, the network’s worldwide and U.S. presidents, respectively. (Full disclosure: CASW president Cristine Russell is a frequent contributor to The Observatory and the joint letter cites two Observatory articles.) The letter is posted at the WFSJ’s Web site, and will be posted on the three other group’s sites as well.
So if you are interested in science journalism, contact me and we will see what we can do: lwitt (at) kennesaw (dot) edu. Here is the video:
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